I am Dr. Lastenia Francis, a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and Founder of Meaningful Emotion Therapy PLLC. I was first drawn to Marriage & Family Therapy because I wanted to help strengthen Black families. I am a trauma therapist with experience with sexual, physical, emotional, racial, intergenerational, and military trauma. I am also Gottman therapy trained to address your issues in couples therapy.
I think about your problems from a holistic perspective because I believe that everyone contributes to the problem. As such, I encourage the whole family to join our sessions to get a better picture of how the problem started and is maintained. I often draw from solution-focused therapy because I truly believe that it is in your strengths as an individual and as a family that you can find the solutions to the challenges you face.
I believe you are resilient and my job is to help you remember why you are resilient, and how those strengths can guide how you treat yourself and those you love.
